MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Vatican goes all iOS on your Soul, approves Confession App

snipenekkid · 02-09-2011, 04:41 AM

I genuinely don't know if this belongs here but it would seem to fit in three places. Maybe here, maybe in the Apple sub-forum or finally maybe in the Lounge considering the religious nature of the app itself. But what the heck here is the link:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/i...p/#commentsAre

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/02/c...cs-confess-app

Anyway, seems the Catholic Church approved an iOS app for use to track your 'sins' apparently to aid in more complete confessions.

Now the Vatican apparently did not write the app and it seems like more of a to-do list or "shopping list of sins" all to help promote the efficient confession. Maybe the confessor and the priest can just text, Skype, Google Chat or (??) each other rather than the drudgery of in person confessions. Heck now that one can use your iDevice as a Starbucks card and soon as a credit card then all donations can be run through the app.

What happens if Apple does not approve future versions of the app or if the Vatican solicits donations within the app, does Apple get their 30% cut of the take for being the "front man and wheel man" in the deal?

I see nothing wrong with the app and not being derogatory for our Catholic readers out there. But come-on ya have to at least chuckle at the irony of the use of a rather extravagant device that of all things does not scream humility is used to track and help perform one of the acts designed to instill a sense of humility and contrition.

I just love this stuff!

02-09-2011, 04:41 AM	#1
snipenekkid Banned Posts: 760 Karma: 51034 Join Date: Feb 2009	Vatican goes all iOS on your Soul, approves Confession App I genuinely don't know if this belongs here but it would seem to fit in three places. Maybe here, maybe in the Apple sub-forum or finally maybe in the Lounge considering the religious nature of the app itself. But what the heck here is the link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/i...p/#commentsAre http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/02/c...cs-confess-app Anyway, seems the Catholic Church approved an iOS app for use to track your 'sins' apparently to aid in more complete confessions. Now the Vatican apparently did not write the app and it seems like more of a to-do list or "shopping list of sins" all to help promote the efficient confession. Maybe the confessor and the priest can just text, Skype, Google Chat or (??) each other rather than the drudgery of in person confessions. Heck now that one can use your iDevice as a Starbucks card and soon as a credit card then all donations can be run through the app. What happens if Apple does not approve future versions of the app or if the Vatican solicits donations within the app, does Apple get their 30% cut of the take for being the "front man and wheel man" in the deal? I see nothing wrong with the app and not being derogatory for our Catholic readers out there. But come-on ya have to at least chuckle at the irony of the use of a rather extravagant device that of all things does not scream humility is used to track and help perform one of the acts designed to instill a sense of humility and contrition. I just love this stuff!